. 4 ath itSIELWthus ? 50X1-H UM Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/09: CIA-RDP81-01030R000100360004-7 ? CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY INFORMATION REPORT CONFIDENTIAL This Document contains information affecting the Na-tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-ing of Title 18. Sections 793 and 794,01 the U.S. Code, as amended. Its transmission or revelation of Its contents to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited. 50X1 COUNTRY ? SUBJECT DATE OF INFO. PLACE ACQUIRED East Germany 1. Vehicle and Parts Production of the IFA Plants, 1951-1952 2. Planned Production for 1953 REPORT DATE DISTR. NO. OF PAGES REQUIREMENT REFERENCES ,26 January 1954 16 50X1 50X1-HUM THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE. THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE. (FOR KEY SEE REVERSE) 50X1-HUM 50X1 CONFIDENTIAL STATE #x ARMY #x NAVY #x AIR #x FBI AEC ORR Ev Moho: Washington Distribution Indicated By "X"; Raid Dioribution By "it" I Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/09: CIA-RDP81-01030R000100360004-7 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/09: CIA-RDP81-01030R000100360004-7 50X1? COUNTRY SUIDECT t PLACE ACQUIRED s DATE ACQUIRED East Germany CONFIDENTIAL 1. Vehicle and Parts Production of the IFA Plants, 1951-1952 2. Planned Production for 1953 DATE OF INFORMATION' THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION 50X1 -H UM DATE DISTR. 7 P CI' 53 NO. OF PAGES 15 NO. OF, ENCLS. (LISTED BELOw50X1-H UM SUPPLEMENT TO REPORT NO. 50X1-H UM INTRODUCTION .1. The complete correct name and address of the plAnt at which I worked is as follows: WEB IFA Bleohverformungswerk Markranstaedterstr. 1 Leipzig. ORGANIZATION. OP THE TRANSPORTATION CONSTRUCTION =num 2. I have drawn a ;chart showing the over-all organization of the ? Ministry of Machine Construction and the relationship ofthe Blechverformungswerk IFA,plant to the other plants under this Ministry see page 14_/. All factories under the operational ? control of the Director of Ministry of Machine Construction are ? classified and placed in one of the following groups of plants, a. - LONA Plants - These are locomotive, railroad car and boiler factories. ? b. - IPA (Major Plants) - These plants are, under the direct control of the Ministry of Machine Construction. ' These are considered final production plants, except the CONFIDENTIAL . Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/09: CIA-RDP81-01030R000100360004-7 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Co.py Approved for Release 2013/08/09: CIA-RDP81-01030R000100360004-7 ? CONFIDENTIAL -2. -:74etriebewerk, Liebertwolkwitz. c. - Supply Plants (Y7B-IFA Vereinigung) - These are small plants with less than 10,000 employees, who have been organized into a union supervised by the .^RauptdirektOr". These factories are engaged in making parts And sub-assemblies for major plants. 50X1 d. - Research and Development Plants These are the test laboratories for the Ministry of Machine Construotiop. (Separate plants are assigned the development task for standard commercial vehicles and tractors.) 3. The second chart I have drawn shows the coaplete organizational strueture applicable to all major plants L see page 15:7. Major plants are those factories'which employ over 1,000 persons and are considered final assembly plants. Organiza-tional structure for all such plants is establishet by the Ministry. On three separate occasions during the period from September 1951 to October 1952, these structures were modified. Uniform organization for all plants, such as exists in the USSR, is not considered feasible because of (a) lack of qualifidd personnel for the positions preserited on the chart, and (b) the lack of management experts and their willingness to enforce the uniform organizational structure as far as possible. Party members are utilized in key positions whenever possible; non-members are employed and are at times reluctantly placed in key positions because of the lack of qualified personnel. Structure of the smaller plants is identical with that of the-major factories, wish one exception: all leading functions of the plant are carried out by one person. All VEB factories are now eco-nomically self-supporting, in accordance with a directive issued by the DDR Cabinet in 1952. PRODUCTION PROGRAM FOR 1951 4. The Ministry of Machine Construction in East Germany pre-pared the year's production quota and submitted it to the IFA plant in December 1950, The IFA plant at that time employed about 950 workers. According to the production plan, the various firms ordering parts from IFA were to receive-their deliveries as soon as they came off our assembly lines. This was all to be accomplished within the calendar year. The supply of raw material's, however, never properly coincided with the planned preduction. The plant'm production capacity was never considered when the Ministry prepared the quotas for the year. The quality of the supplied materials was also very poor and quite below standard.' At'the end -of the calendar year, only about 70 to 75 per cent of the planned quota had been accomplished. ? Nevertheless, as a result of the excellent accomplishments of /ale IFA plant, in spite of the tremendous financial, organizational and material difficulties encountered, two additional firms were merged with our plant into one organization. On 1 April 1951, the peoples' owned trailer. construction firm "Dromosn? consisting of about 200 employees, and on 1 July 1951, the radiator construction CONFIDENTIAL Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/09: CIA-RDP81-01030R000100360004-7 9:)X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/09: CIA-RDP81-01030R000100360004-7 CONFIDENTIAL -3-firm "Autokuehler-Leipzig", an organization of about 350 employees, were consolidated with the IFA plant. The material supply of the newly acquired radiator firm was seriously inadequate; they had absolutely no stock of brass tubing for the construction of radiators; In order for the radiator firm to accomplish anything at all, it was necessary for the ordering firm to supply its own brass tubing. The Ministry, in preparing its yearly plan0(lnad not taken into. consideration these supply problems when the two firms were merged with IFA. 5. The percentage of the plant capacity for the individual firms, i.e. type of manufacturewas 3/7 for gasoline tank delivery , vehicles, 3/7 for IFA production(auto, tractors, motorcycles), and 1/7 for trailer construction 3-and 5-ton). The produc-tion was valued at about 90000,000 DM (East), without the trailer and radiator construction. The orders and recipients were as follows; a? Gasoline Tank Delivery Vehicles Vehicle Intended for No. (Plant quota) Vehicle for the ZIS 151 (5-ton) 60 Vehicles for Stude-baker (3i-ton) 200 Vehicles for Zia 150 (3-ton). Soy. Mil. Units Soy. Mil, Units Son, Mil. Unite 100 b. IFA Production (without trailers and radiators) Vehicle Intended No. Parts per Part for.and Location year Plant 'of Firm -Quota) .Air filters and mufflers Air filters and gas tank cape Engine hoods, fen-derelmufflerspair filters, doors and gas tanks Air filter, muff-lers, gas tank caps Gas tanks, engine fire walls and mufflers BMW passenger 5000 ea. oar "340" in Eisenaoh BMW motor bikes 7,000 ea. 300 ou. on., Eisenach Borah 7-96 in 3,000 ea. Zwickau Akre); 1131, 3-ton 3,600 ea. truck in Zwickau AUDI for the P-8, in Zwickau CONFIDENTIAL 4000 ea: Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/09 : CIA-RDP81-01030R000100360004-7 Declassified in. Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/09: CIA-RDP81-01030R000100360004-7 b. IFA Production CONFIDENTIAL -4-(continued) Part Gas tanks, air fil-ters, ventilation and heater housings Cabins, front fen-ders, gas tanks, chassis frames and mufflers Baggage carriers and gas tank caps Gas tanks, air fil-ters and mufflers Engine hoods, venti-lation pipes, gas tanks, mufflers and tool boxes Gas tanks, air fil-ters, mufflers Gas tanks, air fil-ters and mufflers Vehicle for and of Firm Intended No, Parts Location Phaenomen for the 4,500 ea. 1.5-ton truck, Zittau Framo for 3/4-ton truck in Hainichen DKW Cu. cu. for cm. cm. 1,800 ea. the RI 125 1,000 and RI 250 in Tschoppau Simpson for the 6,000 AWO 250 cu. Cm" in Buhl Schlepperwerk for the 40-hp. wheeled tractor, in Nord-hausen Sohlepperwerk for the 30-hp. wheeled tractor in Bran-denburg ea. ea. 4,000 ea. 3,000 ea. Schlepperentick- 3,000 ea, lungswerk in Schoeneberg/Elbe for research and development Aluminum Chloride Bupa Werk in 4,000 80-liter capacity Schkopau cannisters PRODUCTION PROGRAM FOR 1952 6. In spite of our protests, the production plan for 1952 was submitted to us as late as November 1951. Material re-serves at this time were sufficient to cover only 60 per cent of this projected plan. The firms merged with IFA in 1951 were also unable to fulfill this quota because of the plant size and production capacity. Although IFA Blech-verformungswerk itself increased its production from 9,000,000 DM (East) in 1951, to 309000,000 DM (East) in 1953, we kept receiving orders for an approximate additional total of 20,000,000 DM (East), forcing our potential pro-duction up to 50,000,000 DM (East). Although the Ministry Planning Board was aware that our maximum capacity and pro-ductivity would be reached only in 1955, we could not obtain CONFIDENTIAL Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/09: CIA-RDP81-01030R000100360004-7 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/09: CIA-RDP81-01030R000100360004-7. CONPINNTIAL -5-a withdrawal of the additional load. .We were forced to divide the surplus orders betweenthe firms originally merged with IPA Bleohverformungswerk, as these firms had not been given such a high qUata, and had not yet received sufficient production orders. In mid-December, because of violent protests from all firms, the Ministry was obliged to officially replan the production quotas in. accordance with the available material and plant production Capa-bilities. As a result of this re-shuffling by the Ministry, a chain reaction of plan and quota changes began to take place. From December 1951 to about the middle of March 1952, there were approxi-mately 15 production quota changes. .This in turn forced changes in administration, finance, technology and the production department Of IPA. .To add to our woes, in March 1952, the Planning Board of the Soviet Military Administration, located in Karlshorst, submitted additional prioritrorders through the Ministry. As a result, our plant wasagain forced to turn over 50 per cent of the IPA Bleat verformungswerklproduction (automobiles, mo'oroyole parts and tractors), to other firms. To compensate for this 50 per cent, the production of gasoline tank delivery vehicles had to be inoreised, and the production of aircraft landing mats instituted. 7. The production figures and ordering firms were as follows* ? a. Tank Vehicles Vehicle Gas, tank del. vell for the ZISA.51 Tank trucks for Studebaker, (3t-ton, with handpump Tank trucks for ZIS 151, (d-ton, with handpumps) Intended Recicient No. of ItiMs? Sow. Mil. units' in Karlshoret .200 Soy. Mil. Units in Karlshorst Poland 300 100 Tank truoks for ZIS Poland 709 ' 150, (3i-ton, with hamdpumps) Tank trucks (semi- Burning, last trailer 6-.ton, with Germany handpumps) 28 The design department of the IPA)plant in the meantime, undertook the development design of 157 Special Tank-,. trucks for Poland. The .production of these vehicles was to be initiated at the Walterhausen vehicle plant (Pahrseugwerk, Walterhausen). CONFIDENTIAL Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/09: CIA-RDP81-01030R000100360004-7 ?`. `H. Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/09: CIA-RDP81-01030R000100360004-7 b. Trailers TIPS 5-ton .trailer 3-ton trailer CONFIDENTIAL 50X1 Intended Recipient No. of Items German Trade Ex-change (DHZ)-100 ea.9 4 200 ea. for Karlshorst-(8ov. 300 German Trade Ex-change (DHZ) 500 3-& 5-ton trailer ' with superstructures DHZ for use with equipment & delivery trucks 60 ea. Co Radiators 722:9- Intended' Recipient No. of Items For the F-8 engine AUDI in Zwickau 49000 For the F-9 engine Horch in Zwickau 2,000 For the i-ton Etamo Framo in Hainichen 2,400 truck For the H3A, 31-ton &rots in Zwickau 4,600 truck' For the H60 6-ton Kraftfahrzeugwerk in truck Werdau 1,200 For the G5 cross Kraftfahrzeugwerk in country vehicle Werdau 700 For the 40-hp. wheeled Sohlepperwerk in tractor Nordhausen 6,000 l'Or the 30-hp. wheeled Schlepperwerk in tractor Brandenburg 3,000 . For the Studebaker Sov.111.1. Units in Xarlshorst 1,000 For the ZIS 150 Soo. Mil, unite in Karlshorst ? 500 Total 25,400 The total ordered was actually 269000; the balance of the radiators (600) was to.go to the Kompresebrenwerke (SAG). At the end of the year, another order for 2,500 radiators was given to the plant 14 BMW, CONFIDENTIAL Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/09 : CIA-RDP81-01030R000100360004-7 Declassified in Part- Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/09: CIA-RDP81-01030R000100360004-7 1 ? 'CONFIDENTIAL d. IFA Production &clothe radiator production listed in Para. 7 o above, the same production figures and recipients apply to the ? production of gas tanks, mufflers, air filters, and gas tank caps for the vehicles listed above; i.e. 4,000 of each part for the F-8 engine, intended for AUDI in Zwickau, etc. Over and above these items were the following, 50X1 Part Mufflers, air filters Mufflers, air _filters Intended Recipient No. of Items BMW - Passenger care BMW - motorcycles Gas tanks, air Phaenomen filters, & blower casings Gas tanks, mufflers & air filters Support stands 7,000 ea. 9,000 ea. 4,500 ea. Simeon AWO 9,000 ea. DKW RT 125 3,000 ea. e. Military Production Aircraft landing mats made of sheet metal .3 50 2'305 cm. were a AAR priority item, which required a daily progress report to the Ministry, The mate were to be produced at the rate of 25,000 mats per month, starting with the month of May 1952. A minimum of 200,000 such mats had to be completed and delivered by the end of the calendar year. The firms AUDI and BMW in Eisenach were working on these items together with IFA Blechverformungswerk. Production Problems at IFA 8. Thelfollowing is a picture of the production problems ex-perienced at IFA during 1952. a. Aircraft Landing Mats -- The actual production began in the middle of April 19529 and by 12 July of the same year, our ?plant, in conjunction with Fahrzeugwerk AUDI in Zwickau, had produced approximately 75,000 mats. During this same period, BMW in Eisenach was also making these mats and reached an output of 90,000. On 12 July 1952, all pro-duction of landing mats wad; discontinued because it was noticed that the various factories were manufacturing mats of different dimensions. (Machinery was readjusted by ESEM in Schwarzenberg to correct this condition.) After these changes, Blechverformungswerk, Leipzig, resumed production on 10 October 1952. (BMW in Eisenach discontinued pro-duction entirely.) Blechverformungswerk, Leipzig, together with AUDI, Zwickau, had two more orders to fill that year amounting to 130,000 mats. Blechverformungswerk manu-CONFIDENTIAL Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/09: CIA-RDP81-01030R000100360004-7 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/09: CIA-RDP81-01030R000100360004-7 CONFIDENTIAL ' -8-50X1 factured 1,500 mats daily, and AUDI produced 40,000 from 18 November until 20 December 1952. I.believe these mats .are stockpiled at Dessau and Magdeburg, but I do not know the exact location. b. Gasoline Tank Delivery Vehicles -- Orders for these . vehicles were placed by the Soviet Army and DIA0 (Deutsoher Innen-und Aussenhandel or German Domestic and Foreign Trade), In 19520 the Soviet Army ordered 200 tank vehicles for Air .Forobr.useguand. 300 for armored units (unit distri-bution ie unknown to me). The DIA order for 1952 consisted of 709 tank vehicles, as indicated above [paragraph 7 aL7, for export to the Polish Army. Tank vehicles for the Soviet Army were mounted on new ZIS '151 chassis and connected with a trailer. (These vehicles are equipped with a pump operated from the vehicle's engine, which serves to empty both main and trailer tanks.) The same type of tank vehicle on a chassis of the ZIS 151, without trailer,7was delivered by rail from this plant through DIA for export to Poland. In addition to the above, the Soviet Army received 300 tank vehicles mounted on old Studebaker chassis. (These vehicles are equipped with a hand-operated pump). A third type of chassis, the ZIS 150, was used for mounting these tanks and was equipped with two hand-operated pumps. The original order of 709 tank vehicles for the Polish Army was later reduced to 427 with an additional order of 427 placed for 1953. The fuel capacity for these types of vehicles is as follows; Lyn Tank truck w/trailer ZIS 151 chassis, motor pump Tank truck w/46 trailer Studebaker chassis, hand pump Tank truck w/o trailer ZIS 151 chas-sis, motor pump Tank truck w/o trailer ZIS 150 chassis, 2 hand pumps Capacity Intended For 2 x 4,000 liters 3,500 liters 4,000 liters 3,200 liters Soviet Air Force Soviet Armored Unite Polish Air Force Polish Armored Units Vehicles for the Soviet Military Units were picked up and driven away by Soviet Military personnel to Frankfurt/Oder, but their ultimate destination is unknown to me. Vehicles which were intended for Poland, were transported by rail, with the "Motor-Import-Warszava/Poland" as their destina-tion. Supplies and material for the construction of gasoline tank delivery vehicles were furnished the Blech-verformungswerk0 Leipzig, by the followings chassis by the Soviet Army; motor pumps by EEM in Erfurt; measuring instruments by Meohanik Messgeraetewerk, Quedlinburg; gas resistant rubber hose by Kautas-Walterhausen and CONFIDENTIAL Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/09 : CIA-RDP81-01030R000100360004-7 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/09: CIA-RDP81-01030R000100360004-7 ?. CONFIDENTIAL -9- ' 50X1 Blankenburg/Harz; forged parts by Sanar Armaturenfabrik, Dahlen/Sachsen; alloy by SAG, Bitterfeld (Elektrochemisches Kombinat); zinc wire by SAG, Hettstedt; light gauge sheet metal and sheet metal for boilers by SAG Walzwerk, Thale; plate by Walzwerk Burg0 near Magdeburg, Olbernhau and Hennigsdorf; section steel and rods by Walzwerk Riesa; screws0 nuts and spring rings were received from PEWS Normteile Betriebe through the DHZ. (Since the middle of 19520 with the beginning of the Socialistic Competition or SozialistischerWettbewerb0 the quality of sheet metal has declined while the quantity increased.) c. Radiators -- As indicated above0 26,000 radiators of various types were ordered, but the shortage of brass and sheet metal curtailed this operation and only 8,500 had been produced up to 30 September 1952. Production for 1953 had been set at 75,000 radiators. This figure could not be realized without larger investments and increased plant capacity, and in October 1952, 650,000 DM (East) were made available for this purpose. Supplies and material for the construction of radiators were furnished to the Blechverformungswerk? Leipzig, by the following plants: brass sheet metal and bands by Walzwerk, Hettstedt, and small quantities by the Berliner Halbzeugwerk. (Walzwerk, Hettstedt? lacks zinc and rollers for "Feinband", sizes 35x0 18 mm., .42x0 10 mm., 60x0 10 mm., 80x0 10 mm., 100x0 10 mm.? and 120x0 10 mm.) Shortages at Various IFS' Plants in 1952. 9, In 1952, there were shortages in the following supplies and equipment: circular saw blades, band saw blades, taps, reamers, milling heads, tool steel, measuring instruments, electrodes for electrowelding0 welding rods, borax for soldering, lead collectors (Bleichsammler Ague), solders, tin plates for gal-vahic tin plating, tin wire for spray tin plating, all types of spring steel, all sizes of spring rings, gas resistant rubber, gas resistant oil seals for pumps, black sheet metal under mm. (DIN Norm ST.III/23). The availability of light gauge sheet steel (Feinblech) in the DDR is only 10 per cent, while the requirements are about 30 per cent. There were also shortages of drawn and deep drawn sheet metals (Zieh und Tiefziehbleche) under limm. in qualities ST. V/23 to VIII/23 (DIY Worms), ball bearings for press machinery and dies, regulators for gas cylinders and all other equipment needed for electric and autogenous welding, leather caps (leder-mansohetten) for hydraulic presses, and electrical switch equipment and transformers for tool machinery, presses, cranes and power installations for plants. Causes of Production Difficulties In. IFS Firms 10. The following seem to be the main reasons for the difficulties in the meeting of production quotast a. Inadequate electric and gas supplies. b. Irregular and insufficient material supply. CONFIDENTIAL Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/09: CIA-RDP81-01030R000100360004-7 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/09: CIA-RDP81-01030R000100360004-7 CONFIDENTIAL -10-Poor quality of production aids. Insufficient and defective hand and machine tools. Inadequate transportation. Shortages of machinery spare parts. 50X1 illue of 1352 Production 110 in 19529 the monetary value of production was set at 299000,000 DM (East), but because of material shortages and production difficulties (mainly factory capacity), this figure was altered to 21,000,000 DM (East). This caused a 25 per cent decline in IFA vehicle output. The plant con-sisted of four main groups with cash output contemplated at, DM (East) Gasoline Tank Delivery Vehicles 14,000,000 IFA Production 8,000,000 Radiators 4,000,000 Trailers 3.000.000 PRODecTION PROGRAM FOR 1953 Totals 29,000,000 DM (East). (Reduced to 21,0009000 DM (East) 50X1-HUM 12. As a result of complaints by the various firms, the 1953 production planning began as early as July 1952. tE At the same time, the Ministry attempted to reaajur the supply of material to meet the demands of the production quota. In spite of the Ministry's manipulations in the production quotas, our plant was still unable to produce the required quota because of the plant's capacity and rather meager supply of materials. It was again necessary to turn many of our own orders over to other firms. As a result, the Ministry submitted another pro-duction quota change, which is shown on the following lists Item Tank Tank Tank trucks trucks trucks Trailers (5-ton) Trailers (5-& 4-ton) Radiators Radiators For Whom Intended No, of Each, Poland 500 Albania & Rumania 50 ea. Soy, Mil. Units in Karlshorst DHZ & East Zone use DRZ Various firms in Zone Sov.Mil.Units in Karlshorst 15,000 500 500 500 ea. 50,000 CONFIDENTIAL Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/09: CIA-RDP81-01030R000100360004-7 ? Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/09: CIA-RDP81-01030R000100360004-7 ? ? In Production, Gas tanks, mufflers, kair, filters Aircraft landing mats . CONFIDENTIAL -11-Various firms Zone Boy. Mil. Com-mission in Karlshorst ? 50X1 in 40,000 total, ' breakdown unk. 300,000 Monetaz:y.Talue,pf.1953 Ppoduotion . . 13. 4 great deal more consideration was given ,those projects with priority because material was easier to procure. The plant consisted of five main groups with cash output as follows, DM (East) 59500,000 111000;000 10,0009000 1090009000 1.000.000 Gas Tank. Delivery Vehicles IFA Products Landing Mats Radiators - Trailers 11963 Vehicle .Production Program Totals 39.1500.9000 DM (East) for All IFA Plants 14. Ihe breakdown of vehicle production for follows: Plant -& Looation AUDI?, Zwickau AUDI, Zwickau Framo, Horch, Horeb, Horch, Hainichen Zwickau Zwickau Zwickau Kraftfahrzeug, Werdau Kraftfahrzeug, Werdau all IFA plants is as Type of Vehicle Passenger oar F.8 Passenger car 'Trubk-t-ton Truck H3A Truck H3B -AEHRE.t. - 4,000 F-9 11,000 (Of these 11,000 ve-hicles, 2,000 will be passenger cars with the chassis made of synthetic material.) Stationary motor EM 4/6 Truck E6 Truck 05 CONFIDENTIAL 2,000 59000 110 1,400 1,400 29430 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/09: CIA-RDP81-01030R000100360004-7 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/09: CIA-RDP81-01030R000100360004-7 EMW (formerly BMW), Eisenach Phaenomen?-Zittau Mohlepperwerk, Nord-hausen Sohlepperwerk, Bran-denburg Sohlepperwerk, Bran-denburg Sohlepperwerk, Nord-: hausen ESTIMATE OF FULFILLMENT OF Fro 'CONFIDENTIAL -12-50X1 Passenger oars & flak- 79000 total up trucks ' lir-ton truck & pick- 5,500 total up trucks 4,250 40-hp, wheeled tractor , 30-hp. wheeled tractor 1,300 Tractor "Ruebezahl. 19800 . Kg 07/47 ."Maulwuif" tree- Oar 1953 PRODUCTION QUOTAS 31.400# 15. AUDI in Zwickiu,is mainly na.asoembly plant, which is supplied with engines from Motorenwerk in Chemnitz and chassis from }torch in ZWickau. Based on individual plant capabilities it is believed that the 1953 production quota placed on .this plant will not be/Mec".due...10.004arf,Ormanoas, ? ? I , ? ? 16. Promo in Rainichen is aiwell established fin M whioh,manu- , factures 3-ton trucks with fl engines. This plant should not have had trouble in meeting their 1953 production qUota, pro-viding materials were delivered on time. 17. }torch in Zwickau is a large independent plant which manu-factures its own engines. In addition to vehicle proAuction, this factory handles orders for machine tools and special tool machinery. The plant was capable of fulfilling its quota, providing material supplies were procured on time.,? Its major project is the production of the R3A-truok. This is a government order and is deliverable to the "Buero fuer, Wirtschaftsfragen", (BfW) in Berlin, Schnellerstr, 4. BfW is a department of the Ministry' of the Interior, whose mission is the supply of the Volkopolizei and mainly the Volksarmee (People's Army). 18. Kraftfahrzeugwerk in Werdau manufactures the 116 (5-ton trubk) and the G5 cross country vehicle. The 1953 production quota for this factory seemed unusually high, as, the quota for 1952 had to be reduced because of production difficulties caused by firms which supplied parts and sub-assemblies. 19. KEW in Eisenach (Eisenaoher Motorwerke, formerly BMW) will, not have had any difficulties meeting its production quota'. In addition, this factory planned to manufacture 20,000 motorcycles, providing materials were procured, 20. Schlepperwerk.in Nordhausen and Brandenburg should have been able. to meet their 1953 production quota. CONFIDENTIAL. 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Some plants such is the Gelenkwellenwerk in Stettin0a drive shaft factory, will sot be able to meet their regular scheduled quotas because of the low plant capacity. To overcome this situation, the con-struotion of a new plant, (location unknown to me) for the manufacture of all Soviet spare parts has been.started. This plaint is be equipped with machinery made at Roroh in Zwickau. In addition to the plants mentioned Obis, the Motorrad wad Fahrradwerk VEB (formerly Simeon to Stahl, Which feOSIVes various sub-assemblies and parts from IFA, will have Menu.. featured approximately 20,000 motorcycles in 1953, end will have resumed the Mass Production of small arms stilt is Pistols, carbines and machine -guns._ ? CONFIDENTIAL Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/09: CIA-RDP81-01030R000100360004-7 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/09: CIA-RDP81-01030R000100360004-7 CONFIDENTIAL '141 1 Minietry of 1 Machine Const. 50X1 Shipbuilding Electro-Technol, Machine Conet, 1 Vehicle Constl, LOWA Plants mstives-Babelsberg IFA Plants MotoII.T10? NorPh ZWialtall d-Bln-Nieder- ERR ischenhausen J jEisenach Bautzen ' AUDI Zwickau Garlitz 1 ?1Phanomen tittau-Niesky Atmendorf I ' lh:::Tejk ahrzeugwerk -14 Weimar Ernst Grube" Werdau .Framo ainichep Sa. VVB - IFA Merge Control Instrum. o rMs Fahrzeugwerk Walterhaueen Thar. Research & , Develop.Plant: . for Motor Veh?&CRSERifel c. Develop. Plant; for Wheel & , Traok Tractor? OchOnebeck I SCAbout 35 Plants \ for Bicycles & their Component Parts, & Motor-Vehicle_Compon.. Parte; such as: Shock Absorbers, Springs, Axles & Crank Shafts Chassis Sheet Metal Parte Chains Ball Bearings -Carburetors 1 ohlepperwer .Nordhausen IS chleppetwerk .Brandenburg ietriebewerkj iebertwalk-witkiLeinXi CONFIDENTIAL ? 7.. .ORGANIZATION CEART OF MINISTRY OF, MACHINE CONSTRUCTION - Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/09: CIA-RDP81-01030R000100360004-7 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/09: CIA-RDP81-01030R000100360004-7 2TISERUIMOD SED UNION. CHIEF PLANT DIRECTOR SEM PARTY SEC, 11 CHIEF ? BOOKKEEPER ? 2001013E. PING CHIEF PERSONNEL CULTURAL DIRECT. C OMMERC IAL DIREC PURC HAS ING UNIFORM ORGANIZATION PLAN FOR ALL IFA PLANTS. 1 PLANNING LABOR .DIREC OR I TECHNICAL DIRECT. (DEP. PLANT DIR.) I LABOR FORCE OPERATING TECHNOLOGY CCIMPETIT ION PROGRAM & ORI TRAINING PRODUCTION CHIEF DESIGN TECHNOLOGY MACHINE SHOPS PLOT. SECURITY' GOODS CONTROL PLANT NO. I PLANT NO. 2 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/09: CIA-RDP81-01030R000100360004-7 PLANT NO.. 3 PLANT NO. 4 50X1 ?

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